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voiceless::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aphonic |
| Derivation | voicelessness |
voiceless::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disenfranchised, disfranchised, voteless |
| Derivation | voicelessness |
labor was voiceless.
Examples of voiceless
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He's a sight to see and I actually felt something for a voiceless CGI character.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Worst of all, I saw these people turn voiceless and afraid to defend themselves.
From the washingtonpost.com
My problem with districting in general is that minorities can be left voiceless.
From the economist.com
The voiceless alveolar sibilant is a common consonant sound in spoken languages.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In English and most other European languages, P is a voiceless bilabial plosive.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Mr Snyder's book straightens the record in favour of the voiceless and forgotten.
From the economist.com
Celebrities can give a voice to the voiceless, especially children, Edwards said.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The hooded people, however voiceless and faceless, work together like families.
From the nytimes.com
Diacritics are typically used with letters for prototypically voiceless sounds.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Unvoiced: produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
- Disenfranchised: deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"
- Breathed: uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers"
- Aphonic: being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
- (voicelessness) aphonia: a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
- In linguistics, the term voiceless describes the pronunciation of sounds when the larynx does not vibrate. ...
- No vocal cord/fold vibration occurs during the sound, like French (or a softer version of English) /p/, /k/, /t/. Also like English /f/, /s/.
- A sound where the glottis is open (not vibrating)
- A sound whose production does not involve vibration of the vocal chords, as in [p, t, k, f, s].
